London has been battered by 50mph winds that have felled trees and caused travel chaos. Powerful gusts swept across the capital as the Met Office issued a yellow "be aware" weather alert for most of the country.

This is the sort of public-private partnership that the City clearly approves of: James Max, the BBC London 94.9 early-breakfast radio host and former Apprentice contestant, isn’t just taking the licence fee-payer’s shilling.

More gripes about the weather, this time from the Arctic Circle. While the Polar Vortex hits the US, bringing minus 22°C temperatures in Kansas and snow in Tennessee, in the Arctic Circle it’s relatively warm.